Kiosk: A History of Photojournalism 1839-1973: eine Geschichte der Fotoreportage 1839-1973 - Hardcover

Robert Lebeck; Bodo Von Dewitz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 388243791X ISBN 13: 9783882437911

Publisher: Steidl, 2002

Synopsis

Reprints original news pieces produced between 1839 and 1973, from nineteenth-century illustrations of new railway stations to legendary photos taken in Vietnam, culled from the top magazines, newspapers, and photojournalists of the period.

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Synopsis:

"First comes the photo, and then morality", "If your pictures aren't good, you haven't been close enough" - self-conscious and impolite, that's the way press photographers talk about their difficult trade. They are working at the front line not only in times of war, they condense contemporary history's events and everyday life situations, they tell stories in pictures which are meant to state what is essential on just a few pages. Photo journalism exists since 150 years. Even though its artistic ambitions often have to stand back, it is one of the most impressive chapters in the history of photography. What readers throw away after a short while, an observant contemporary has picked up and kept: photo journalist Robert Lebeck owns an important collection of magazines which documents the history of photojournalism. The illustrated broadsheet of famous photo reports extends from new railway stations in the 19th century to legendary photo series on the war in Vietnam, from Roger Fenton to Robert Capa, from the Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung to USSR under Construction, from Life and Vu to Stern magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Steidl
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 388243791X
• ISBN 13: 9783882437911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328